403 ordspråk av Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken föddes den September 12th 1880 och dog den 29 January 1956 - of American life who influenced US fiction through the 1920s.
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 It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him |
| Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste |
| Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him |
| Lawyer: One who protects us from robbers by taking away the temptation |
| Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. |
| Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas. |
| Lincoln marked the half-way post on the road to the sewers (in presidents) |
| Living with a dog is messy - like living with an idealist |
| Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. |
| Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop |
| Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. |
| Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another |
| Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would become a mere syllogism and hence too metallic to be borne. |
| Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the nose, and another hanging on to his coattails. |
| Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on. |
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